Bag or net fastener



- July TO, 1923.

' 11,461,326 B. 1.. HERRICK BAG OR NET FASTENER Filed Dec. 19'. 1922 y'5 7% w- W ATTORNEY Patented July 10, 1923.

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, IBER'I' L.- HERRICK, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

' BAG on NET FASTENEB.

Application filed December 19, 1922. Serial No. 607,820.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, BERT L. HninuoK, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Oakland, county of Alameda, and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Bag or Net Fastener, of whichthe following is a specification. This invention relates to improvementsin devices for fastening around the neck of a bag to hold the sameclosed, and in particular, relates to an improvement of this character,for which a patent was granted to me October 3, 1922, numbered 1,480,806

and titled Bag or net fastener.

' In commercial laundries, it is'customary to inclose certain classes ofindividual Wash in separate bags made offabric or netting, and close thesame for general handling, before, during and after the washing processor operation; When ready for the wash, a. number of these bags arethrown into a washing machine and subjectedto the washing operation. Thepresent closure devices for the bags and with which I am familiar, nowand'then open during the tumbling washing process, and causeannoyance,trou ble and confusion, resulting in loss of time andinvolving more orless serious difficulty in identifying the individualbelongings,

and which very frequently necessitatesthat' the remaining unidentifiedpieces must be taken to all thecustomers who were assigned theunfortunate bags, for'individual identification and claim.

The prime object of my invention is to overcome the above deficienciesby rendering'the fastening secure against the accidental opening of thebag.

-Another object is to render the securing means easy to open, when itsopening is desired. 7 e 1 1 A further object is to provide a guard forthetongue of the device, to prevent'the neck or any portion of thebagfrom contacting the said tongue and causing its depression and therebymaking possible, under certain conditions, the release of the engagedlink I from service and-rendering the bag openable.

A still further object is to prevent the neck of the bag from slippingthrough the ClOSQdgfi-Ild engaged fastener, by providing an upwardlyprojecting lip from the interior of the device, toengage the mesh of thebag when slippage of either the bag or fastener occurs.

ment of my invention.

With the above and some minor objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction, form and arrangement of parts,shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings and which form a part ofthis specification and illustrates an embodi- What I claim as new, isparticularly pointed out in the appended claims following thespecification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the bag fastener when open. Figure 2is a plan of it as it appears when closed. Figure 3 is a view of thedevice in the hand of an operator compressing the same, showing theposition the link assumes when so compressed. F igure-4; is across-section on an enlarged scale, of the device on the line AA ofFigure 2, showing primarily, the guard and tongue relation, and Figure 5is a similar section on the line BB showing the lip.

In the figures z-The numeral 1 represents a piece of metal, preferably aflat strip of spring-material such as brass or copper, and is bent backas at 2, to bring the twoends into proximity when closed.

The sides of the body of the device are formed by preference, with flatcurvatures as shown in Figure 2, to enhance its resiliency. One of theends as 3, is turned inward and formed into an inturned hook 1, whoseextremity is chamfered to present a sharp edge 5, for a purpose to bepresently described. The other end of the body 1 is formed into an eye6, in which is hinged a wire link 7, adapted to engage the hook 4: andso hold the two ends of the body together.

To prevent the accidental disengagement of link 7 from hook 4i, 1provide a tongue 8 of resilient material, and preferably secure it tothe body 1 by sweating or soldering, as that insures a smooth joint andsurface. The said tongue has its free end overlapping the hook 4: and isthere recurved as at 9, so that when the two side members of body 1 arepressed together as indicated in Figure 3, the link 7 will not becomedisengaged from the hook 41-, but willbe directed away fromthe end ofthe hook by the said recurved end, as also indicated in Figure 3, andwill snap back into thehook when released. In order to disengage thelink 7 from hook 4 to open the lock, the body must be compressed asshown in Figure 8, and the edge 5.

operator must then with his other hand, push the. link back and, overthe beveled edge 5 thereby releasing the jaws from engagement with eachother.

The tongue 8 normally bears and rests upon the sharp chamfered edge fthe hook 4, and is only displaced, therefrom, by the link, but the linkcannot pass this edge because of the recurred end 9 of, thetongue Thusthe fastener can only be opened by the positive action of the operator,

10 represents, guard and. is preferably aacontinuation. of the materialof the tongue 8, bent back upon itself as. at, 11, and con tinued to,within close proximity ofthe hook 41, allowing suflicient space.therefrom for the, link 7 to pass. between. This, terminus of" theguard, has depending flanges. 12. secured to asideof the body 1, and isspaced therefrom a suflicient depth to. house and allowtthe tongue. 8 tonormally contact; the This construction protects the tongue under allconditions of the washing proeess withits irregular tumbling and contaeting of bags, and insures, the free movement of; thetongueonly whenitsmovement id si edt Near, the reourved union, of the tongue andgnard,alip 181s struck, upfront the g tlafil and pointed; inwardly-andupwardly as at 14, for the purpose, previously describ d-- lipreferablymake, the. body member, of my fastener carrying the link, a littlesherterin length thantheother-member,- so.

that the axis of theeye of tl-1e1forme-r me1-nber; shall be positionedinward a little to that of the axis of the int urnedhoek, for a furtherpreeautionary measure, soith-ati the link. willrnor-m ally move away Ifrom the end, of the hook as shown in Eigure 3, whenthe;

bod-y; is- -compressed.

In,use,the mouthof the bag is compactly-.-

folded and. the fastener; with, lip 13 posif tionedup, isslippedaround;itsfolded neck,

andjlinkfl seated and snapped toposition within, the book 4,- thusclosi-ng andlocking the bag. Any slippage or opposed move ment betweenthe fastener land bag, will be immediately;checked by theengagement-ofthelippiereing-the mesh of the bag;

I claim:

1. v A, bagriastener, comprising-two body inenrbers; adapted toapproach, and recede from; each other, oneiot said membershayv ing, an-1nturnedend and an lnturned hook atthe extrem tyoli said end, a tongueadapts,

ed ito-icontact the said hook, and a guard housing the said tongue,and;the other, otsaid body members having a link hinged thereto at;its; extremity andadapted to engage the-saidhook, the said, guardprevent,

ing the disengagement of said link when the fastener isolosed.

2. A bag fastener, comprising two body members adapted to approach andrecede from each other, one of said members having an i-nturned end-andan inturned hook at the extremity of said end, a tongue having arecurved end, adapted to contact said hook and a guard "for said tongueformed by the continuation thereof, the hook having a ohamfered edge,where it: contacts the said tongue, and the other body member having alink hinged thereto, adapted to engage the said hook and saidrecurvedend of. said tongue, and the said guard provided with aninwardly'projecting lip toprevent slippage of said fastener when, inservice,

3. A, bag fastener comprising two body members. adapted to approach andrecede from each other, one of said:.members-haying an.inturned-,endandan intur ned hook at, theextremity of said end=, a tongue-adapted tocontact saidhook, and aguardhousing the said tongue, and\ the other,body, member having l outwardgturned end forming an eyethereon, andatlink; hinged in said 1 eye, the said, link. adapted to engage thesaid, hook onv said first-named member, the; said guard, preventi-ng,the, disengagementotsaid link when thefastener-is closed.

4;. A bag, fastener, comprising a. resilient metallic strip bent; backtoward; itself for-rm ing jaws thereby, a tongue secured to uone jaw andbent back-upon itself, and secured to said jaw, forming; a-guardthereby, and

a linkseeured to: the, other, j aw, the said Jew rmed hflati urvaturs-and,with hem c w s. xtendi g utwar ly, ne, of;

said J a p vided with an; i tern d o k d x i y engag he, a d; ngue anddapted o be, ngaeed y; ha inlron. h hen j awa e on ue prer nting; the.ink.- r m) a@ l n 1- d engagem n o j ne ve. faste 't;

tion with said guard when, in serv ce.-

A s a tener-i ompris g: wo dy members adapted tn, approach andrecedetrom each other, OHQ'O'f said members liaving;

an inturned iend and an intui 'ned; hook:;a-t; the

extremity of; said end, and the other member having a link hingedtheretovand;

adapted to ei gage; the/1 said-,hjook, thelatter y members pr ided h:an, inw r ly sermcea Intestimony wl-rereofyhaflirhmy signature;

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